His Lovely Wife

When tall, blond, and beautiful Ellen Baxter enters the Paris Ritz the day before Princess Diana dies, shes mistaken for Diana by the paparazzi. The next morning, as Ellens older, Nobel-laureate husband attends a physics conference, she goes to the site of the fatal crash and finds an uncharacteristic photograph of Diana. Surprised by how deeply the death has affected her, Ellen pockets the photo. As she hears Dianas voice in her head and begins to understand the parallels between their lives, she tracks down the person who took the photograph, hoping that this man who deals in surfaces can penetrate her beauty, as he did Dianas, and help her love the woman inside. Elizabeth Dewberrys complex, surprising novel uses string theory to weave together two womens lives and explore a culture that celebrates women for their beauty then exacts a terrible toll.

ELIZABETH DEWBERRY has written three previous novels, including Sacrament of Lies. Her plays have been produced in a variety of venues. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with her husband, Robert Olen Butler.